sakura = cherry blossom

A bowl of Salsa splashes a pigeon crying Coo, scaring a Llama chewing a giant pink Cherry Blossom.

How to remember さくら

Each sound in sakura has a picture. Put them together and you get the scene above.

これはさくらです。

Kore wa sakura desu.

This is a cherry blossom.

たねがすきです。それから、さくらもすきです。

Tane ga suki desu. Sorekara, sakura mo suki desu.

I like seeds. And I like cherry blossoms too.

Learn sakura in lesson 6, free.